The Asheville citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1885-1889, 1887-12-23
More Incidents Of the Blizzard.
IBy telegraph to thsAabeville Citiz.n.I

more lnCluCnIS OF the DIlLLdfu,
10y telegraph to thsAIheville Citizsn.I
CHICAGO, Dec. PA Daily NeaUs
special from Topeka, Kan, says
Mr.. J. R. Hazeltine, banker of John.
son City on the frontier, is in the
city. He reports that a farmer
named L. G. Clark, living near COL
den, Grant county, left his family at
home Monday to go to Hartland,
the nearest railroad point, for the
purpose ofgeIting coal. His family
being entirely without fuel. he left
Hartland late Monday evening with
his coal; and next morning was
found about 6 miles from home ly-
ing by the side of his horses frozen
stiff. The animals were also frozen,
and all of the bodies partly covered
oy snow. Clark's wife and three
children had, in the meantime,
nearly perished. and had oalv
saved themselves frorl death by
leaving the shell of house and TAX
ing refuge from the blizzard in a
cave.
Two deaths are reported from
Greedy county, situated on the Col
orado line A brother and sister,
named Robert and Sarah Holseapfel,
who lived on claim in an unset
tied portion of the county found
themselves without fuel Sunday
evening. They tore down a small
shed to burn the lumber, and that
night all but small amount which
they had themselves burned, was
stolen from them. Early in the
morning the young man went to the
town of Horace, about seven miles
distant, and succeeded iu getting
two hundred pounds of coal late in
the afternoon. Being obliged to
travel against the furious wind then
blowing, he did not reach home
until nearly midnight. His limbs
were then numb and he wan so ex
hausted that it was with great diff
Guilty he gained admission to the
house. He found his sister in bed
insensible and almost stiff. She had
been without fire all day, and the
poorly built house afforded her lit-
tie protection. Although the young
uIAn was almost frozen himself,
he tried to revive his Sister,
but to no avail. Another death re-
ported from Greedy county is that
of a farmer 60 years old, whose
name cannot he learned, He lived
alone and was not only without fuel
but without food. Being a recent
settler in the country ne had no ac-
quaintances. A widow named
Reilly and her two children per
ished in the storm on Monday near
Dighton, in Lane county. They
w:re without fuel and the storm
came 80 suddenly upon them that
they we're unable to get it. The
wo.nan's Oldest son started out in
tie storm to get coal. He was over
come bv the intense cold, but tortu-
,nately wandered to the house of a
neighbor. He was unable to speak,
and his arms, feet and ears were
frozen. BY strenuous efforts his
leg was saved although he will
probably lose his feet.
There arc also reports of great
suffering in Clark county on the In
dian Territory line. A family OF
four we're travelling overland and
being but ten miles from home and
several miles from any other house,
determined 10 reach home that
night in spite of the terrible storm.
The horses were overcome and the
family was obliged to abandon the
horses and wagon a7d walk miles
to the nearest house. A Two year
old child froze to death in It's faith
er's arms before shelter was reached
The Others reached the house badly
frozen. The condition OF the peo-
pie III Western and Southwestern
Kansas is veiy bad. This part o.
the Stat has been only recently
settled. and some ofthe counties are
still unorganized Nearly all the
people settled on government
claims and were without money
depending entirely on the crop tc
he raised this fall. The cropI
l,r, we'd total failure because Cf the
drouth, leaving the people as gen
eral thirg & destitute, AS genera
thing the people live in rudeiy bull
huts which afford very little protec
ton